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The pre-season tour for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami keeps growing, with the team revealing on Friday that a stop in Japan has now been added to the schedule. Inter Miami will face Japanese league champions Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on February. 7. That will be the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia — including one pitting Messi against longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo — on January 29 and February 1, and a game against a team of pro players from Hong Kong on February 4. Inter Miami now have five pre-season matches…

DenizBank’s NEOHUB and Oxentia launch TRUK accelerator programme to support the global expansion of sustainability-focused startups Nine-month long accelerator to initially support startups in Türkiye and subsequently facilitate global expansion in the UK, guided by Oxentia Dubai, UAE, 15 December 2023: NEOHUB, the new generation subsidiary of DenizBank, a fully owned subsidiary of Emirates NBD Group, announced at COP28 their partnership with Oxford’s global innovation consultancy, Oxentia, to establish the TRUK Accelerator. This is an international initiative dedicated to the support and expansion of sustainability-focused startups. The accelerator programme will provide participating startups with a comprehensive and practical support including…

Premiere Pro is one of the most taxing applications you can run on your PC. The humble video editing suite is something of an ecosystem, giving you the power not only to splice a few video clips together but also to edit full, feature-length films with Hollywood levels of quality. Not every PC is up for the task of handling Premiere Pro, though. If you’ve been struggling on the timeline and feel like you’re just missing something, we have a few tips for you. Here are the steps you should take in Premiere Pro to ensure the application runs as smoothly as…

Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said. In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of the city, often ranked one of the worst places globally for air pollution. The “gift” was provided by the UAE, said caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi. “Teams from the UAE, along with two planes, arrived here about 10 to 12 days ago. They used 48…

All major political parties of Pakistan, except the one led by Imran Khan, on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court-prompted announcement of the schedule for the February 8 general elections, saying the apex court has foiled a “major conspiracy” to delay the polls and “saved democracy.” Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, however, “continued to question the biases of bureaucrats to be appointed as poll officers,” according to Dawn newspaper. But the party said it wants “timely, free and fair polls.” The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the election schedule late on Friday night after the…

Australia’s bowlers shared the wickets around on Saturday with Nathan Lyon having to wait a bit longer for his 500th after Pakistan folded up for 271 in their first innings as the hosts took a 300-run lead on day three of the first Test. Off-spinner Lyon sits on 499 Test wickets after claiming 3-66 while Imam-ul-Haq top-scored with 62 for the visitors, who were bowled out in 101.5 overs. Opting not to enforce the follow-on, Australia ended the day on 84-2 from 33 overs having posted 487 in their first innings. “I think batting looked really tough there at the…

E-Mobility, A New Reality: UAE Residents Expect Complete Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Domination In A Few Years, Reveals Survey Amidst COP28 63% of respondents plan to make EVs their primary mode of transport by 2025. 73% confident the UAE will have charging stations every few kilometres by 2028. 28% believe that by 2030, nearly 50% of the UAE’s population will be driving EVs or hybrid cars Dubai, UAE, 15 December 2023: Al-Futtaim Automotive, one of the major divisions of Al-Futtaim Group – the Strategic E-Mobility Partner of the recently concluded COP28, today unveiled the findings of an extensive survey exploring…

Grok! It might not roll off the tongue like ChatGPT or Windows Copilot, but it’s a large language model chatbot all the same. Developed by xAI, an offshoot of the programmers who stuck around after Elon Musk purchased X (formerly known as Twitter), Grok is designed to compete directly with OpenAI’s GPT-4 models, Google’s Bard, and a range of other public-facing chatbots. Launched in November 2023, Grok is designed to be a chatbot with less of a filter than other AIs. It’s said to have a “bit of wit, and has a rebellious streak.” It’s only for X Premium users…

An advertisement for a female real estate position in Dubai, requiring candidates to ‘strategically leverage dating apps to identify and connect with potential clients,’ has sparked widespread backlash. Critics from various sectors, notably within real estate, have deemed the ad disrespectful and demeaning. Hosted by Naukri Gulf on behalf of a real estate company, the posting specified that the ideal candidate should be a woman of any nationality with “proven experience using dating apps professionally or personally.” The outlined job description included roles such as “strategically utilising dating apps to connect with potential clients” and “implementing ethical and creative approaches…

The President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Saturday declared a three-day national mourning period over the death of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ordered that flags be flown at half-mast starting today at all government departments within the country, as well as the UAE’s embassies and diplomatic missions abroad, according to an advisory on state news agency Wam. In a post shared on the social media platform X, the President extended the leadership’s heartfelt sympathies to Kuwait and its royal family: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…